[arch-general] Hacking into HAL's mount process

[Nilesh Govindarajan]

On 03/14/2010 07:41 PM, Robert Howard wrote:
> Yes, it's all placebo effect. What seems like faster transfers is really the
> use of write caching and not a good idea for removable media. Could leave
> the data and filesystem in inconsistent states if the device were
> accidentally removed or if power failed.
>
> On Mar 14, 2010 4:33 AM, "Ray Rashif"<schivmeister at gmail.com>  wrote:
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> On 13/03/2010, Nilesh Govindarajan<lists at itech7.com>  wrote:
>> By default HAL adds the flush flag wh...
> Funny..I remember the very reason for making "flush" a default mount
> option was because users were frantically trying to convince everyone
> around that it would allow for optimal performance of flash-based
> storage, aside from running the risk of losing data without it.
>
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@Ray,
If the device has small buffer size, then it takes lot of time. Who 
want's to shell out more bucks for this simple flush thing to get a 
device with bigger buffer size.

@Robert,
Power would fail if there was no UPS. But I have one.

Also, my transfers are super slow. It takes more than 15 minutes to 
transfer 500 megs !!

Previously I used to boast among my friends for Linux being fast with 
USB transfers.

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